The best open source VNC Screen Sharing app for Mac OS, iPhone and iPad. Now with external keyboard and mouse support. Also supports SSH Tunnelling.
Thank you for supporting my work and GPL open-source software by buying bVNC Pro!
If you are unhappy, please don't give us a bad review, instead, request a refund and get in touch by email support _at_ morpheusly _dot_ com:
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/118223
Need an RDP app to control Windows, Ubuntu 22.04+ or XRDP remotely?
https://apps.apple.com/app/ardp-pro/id1620745523
Need a SPICE or Proxmox or oVirt client for controlling virtual machines remotely?
https://apps.apple.com/app/aspice-pro/id1560593107
If bVNC doesn't work for you or you're unhappy, please do not ask for help in a review but do post your question in the forum:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients
If you have a feature request, or you found a bug, please open an issue at: https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/issues
- Instructions for Mac OS X:
Plain VNC (Remote Desktop for Mac OS X):
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-connect-to-mac-os-x-using-bvnc.html
Secure VNC over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-mac-os-x.html
- Instructions for Windows:
Plain VNC:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-install-and-connect-to-tightvnc.html
Secure VNC over VeNCrypt:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients/lINJkYJbN-U/3Q3oHWjjDQAJ
Secure VNC over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-windows.html
- Instructions for Ubuntu 20.04 and earlier Linux
Plain VNC not tunneled over SSH:
https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/sharing-desktop.html.en
http://www.howtoforge.com/configure-remote-access-to-your-ubuntu-desktop
If your business is looking for fixes and features, please get in touch by email at support _at_ morpheusly.com
bVNC is a secure, open source VNC client. Its features include:
- Controls Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD with VNC server installed
- PiKVM compatible
- External keyboard support
- External mouse support
- Magic Trackpad support
- Multi-language support
- Supports Mac OS X built-in remote desktop server (ARD) and Mac OS X authentication!
- Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, or any other OS with a VNC server installed
- Multi-touch control over the remote mouse. One finger tap left-clicks, two-finger tap right-clicks, and three-finger tap middle-clicks
- Right and middle-drag and drop if you don't lift the first finger that tapped
- Scrolling with a two-finger gesture
- Pinch-zoom
- Dynamic resolution changes, allowing you to reconfigure your desktop while connected, and control over virtual machines from BIOS to OS
- All device orientations
- Full desktop visibility even with soft keyboard extended
- SSH tunneling, AnonTLS and VeNCrypt for secure connections (does not support RealVNC encryption).
- High-grade encryption superior to RDP using SSH and VeNCrypt (x509 certificates and SSL), preventing man-in-the-middle attacks
- Tight and CopyRect encodings for quick updates
- SSH public/private (pubkey)- Supports most VNC servers including TightVNC, UltraVNC, TigerVNC, (and RealVNC Enterprise only, when configured appropriately)
- Clipboard integration for copy/pasting from your device
Some of the planned features to look forward to:
- AutoX session discovery/creation similar to NX client
- Ability to reduce the color depth over slow links
- Importing encrypted/unencrypted RSA keys in PEM format
- View-only mode
- On-device help on available input modes in the Menu when connected
GPL source code here:
https://gitlab.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients-ios
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- Simulated Touchpad pointer doesn't pan unnecessarily
- Pinch Zoom zooms out to original fit-to-screen scaling
60
- Layout improvements for smallest screens
- Fix for screenshots
- Re-added keyboard icon to Extended Keyboard Accessory view
- Improvements to external keyboard detection
- Import/Export Settings
- Auto-adjustable connection grid
- Sorting connections
- Menu to organize functionality on the main page
- Pinch-zoom follows fingers
59
- Support showing title bar
- Keyboard layout improvements
- Physical keyboard handling improvements
58
- New Extended Keyboard Accessory replacing the on-screen keys
- New Translations
- Hardware Keyboard support improvements
57
- Input validation on address and ports
- Bugfix for saving new connections when navigating away to Help screen
- Menu item improvements
- Support quitting app with Cmd-Q when not connected
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- Bugfixes
54
- Fix for Option to send Meta instead of Alt key when connected to MacOS
Version 61
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Information
Seller
iordan iordanov
Size
8.7 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 4 more
English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese